Bharat is one of the greatest legends of India. Jamboodweep
(now India) was named Bharat after the glory of king Bharat.

Bharat was son of king
Dushyant and Shakuntala.

Shakuntala was
daughter of great sage Vishwamitra and nymph Menka. Neither menka nor
Vishwamitra were ready to take responsibility of their girl child. Mahrshi
Kanva took Shakuntala to his Ashram Kavashram which is in Bhabhar /Kotwara at
the bank of Malini. There are ample of proofs that Kanvashram was in Bhabhar.
Knavshram is below the Shivalik shrines as stated in Mahabharat . When king
Dusyant visited Bhabhar and met Shakuntala in Kanvashram he fell in love with
her so she too.

Bharat was
born in Kanvashram, Bhabhar and studies there. Under the guidance of Maharshi
Kanva .

Later on Dushyant
accepted Bharat as his successor or crowned king and named him Bharat. King Bharat
won many battles and ruled all over Jamboodweep including Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam
and Thailand. Bharat was called Chakrvarti samrat or who won all the corners.

There is description
about Vishwamitra, Kanvashram, Dusyant, and king Bharat in Mahabharata in
Adiparv- 68 to 74/140

A couple of examples about the Greatest King of all time Bharat
and Himalayan shrine – Malini etc :

त्वांरितेअपीदुस्य्न्त ! शैलराजवर्तसकाम

चतुरंतमिमांउर्वीपुत्रोमेंपालयिष्यति - आदिपर्व७४/१०८

(आदिपर्व-74/108)

भरताद्भारतीकीर्तिर्येनेदंभारतकुलम्

अपरेयेचपूर्वेवैभारताइतिविश्रुता:

(आदिपर्व७४/१३१)

There is good details of Bhabhar, malni bank, Kanvashram,
Dusyant, Shakuntala and Bharat in Shatpath Brahman too.